MH370

It took off from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in 2014 but lost contact with the ground and made a sharp turn away from its destination, Beijing, before disappearing.

It is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.

Yesterday the Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said the search is ongoing. Australia has led a multinational search that has so far cost more than $120 million.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said it’s ‘highly likely’ to be part of a Japanese H-IIA or H-IIB rocket that was launched from southern Japan, based on an initial examination of photos and videos of the object.

Sayo Suwashita said officials are currently trying to figure out which rocket.

After every rocket launch some debris falls into the ocean. Most is collected, but some ends up in foreign waters.

The most recent H-IIA launch was in November last year.

The debris was found in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, about 370 miles south of Bangkok.